The Skies can't keep their secret!
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Skies can't keep their secret!
They tell it to the Hills—
The Hills just tell the Orchards—
And they—the Daffodils!
A Bird—by chance—that goes that way—
Soft overhears the whole—
If I should bribe the little Bird—
Who knows but she would tell?
I think I won't—however—
It's finer—not to know—
If Summer were an Axiom—
What sorcery had Snow?
So keep your secret—Father!
I would not—if I could,
Know what the Sapphire Fellows, do,
In your new-fashioned world!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XXXX BCXC BXXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 484 |
Words | 82 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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